Sentence examples for could only accept from inspiring English sources

They could only accept it in whole, or reject it.

South Korea, by contrast, said it could only accept negotiations on all four.

If people could only accept death was the end, the likes of Isis would have more of a recruitment problem.

A Nopsema spokesman said the body could only accept or reject BP's plan, rather than amend it.

Third, institutional investors could only accept the restriction if it expires within a defined period, after which managerial performance will again be assessed by the market.

Moreover, they questioned whether a neocolonial Western world could only accept a person critical of China's political system as a worthy winner.

But the Lords said if he had: "It could only have been to accept that, at least since October 2 2000 when the Human Rights Act 1998 came into force, no one who advocates the abolition of the monarchy by peaceful and constitutional means has been at any risk of prosecution (other than a private prosecution) or of conviction".

By the time Ronaldo walked into the post-match press conference, to collect a man-of-the-match award that could only have been more begrudgingly accepted if it was presented by Lionel Messi, he was limping and wearing a bandage around his knee.

Despite being devastated by the public indignity, he could only publicly accept his fate.

During this period Schuster was very influential in judicial appointments, phrasing his reports in such a way that Finlay could only logically accept one candidate.

Some tried to insult me back, but couldn't, as I only accept criticism in the following way: you write me a letter, I respond, we meet for a cup of tea, you give me your opinion, I fling my tea into your groin, and through this we learn that, one, tea is very hot and two, shut up.